Host Scooter opens the episode with a lengthy, meandering introduction that welcomes listeners and encourages support for the show. He then launches into the "Checking Into Boredom" series, where his character, a hotel storyteller, receives a mysterious assignment to meet a client in Córdoba, Argentina. The narrative follows Scooter through an airport mix-up and a progressive blacklight dinner with his client, Fernet, an avant-garde artist. The story concludes with them arriving at a brutalist building that is revealed to be a future hotel location, setting the stage for a unique bedtime st…
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